Study of Coordination of Scientists, Roboticists, and Robot in the Atacama

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Study of Coordination of Scientists, Roboticists,
and Robot in the Atacama

• Life in the Atacama 2004Science Technology
  Workshop
• Kristen Stubbs
• The Robotics Institute
• Pamela Hinds (Stanford University)
• Sara Kiesler (CMU HCII)

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Overview

• Empirical study
• Focus of study
• Ethnography
• Questions/comments?

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Empirical study

• Ethnographic method
• Observation plan
• Constant observation and notetaking
• Short, informal interviews
• Occasional photographs
• Pamela Hinds in Chile
• Kristen Stubbs in Pittsburgh

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Focus of study

• Human-robot interaction
• Scientists work practices and goals
• Robotic control and interface interactions
• Autonomous vs. nonautonomous interactions
• Robot performance as affected by the above
• Effects of context (desert)
• Applications to LITA
• Improvements to robot
• Improvements to interface
• Running remote ops

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Ethnography

• Ethnography involves nonintrusive observation
• Anthropological methodology
• Goal See the world through the eyes of the
  people you are observing
• Overall strategy Simultaneous observation in
  Pittsburgh and Chile during remote science
  operations

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Comments/questions?

• Contact information
• Kristen Stubbs kstubbs_at_cmu.edu
• Pamela Hinds phinds_at_stanford.edu